Vincent “Vin” Di Bona to receive 2022 CIMA Entertainment Legend Award

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Producer Vincent “Vin” Di Bona will receive the 2022 CIMA Entertainment Legend Award in recognition his distinguished career, contributions and service to the entertainment industry.

Vin Di Bona, chief executive officer of Vin Di Bona Productions and chairman of FishBowl Worldwide Media, has built a celebrated career that has garnered him multiple awards including four Emmys and a Peabody. A pioneer in comedic reality television, Vin chartered new territory in the television industry when he introduced America’s Funniest Home Videos in 1989. For over four decades Di Bona has tapped into the heart of stories that entertain and uplift, using the power of television to bring them into homes across America.

Beyond reality television, Di Bona’s diverse experience in producing and directing includes television movies, broadcast and cable series, network specials, music award shows and variety programming. Among those are Entertainment Tonight, MacGyver, and the Showtime series, Sherman Oaks. He has also produced three highly acclaimed movies-of-the week, For the Love of Nancy, Touched By Evil and Voices From Within, as well as documentaries, including Down at the Dunbar, for which he won the Peabody.